Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
ER CRITICAL CARE 30-74MIN
Bakersfield, CA
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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital’s median price of $1.2k is 1% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 50% of the 2,559 hospitals reporting CPT 99291. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 30 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $216.64 | $216.64 | $216.64 – $216.64 |
| 2 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $216.64 | $216.64 | $216.64 – $216.64 |
| 3 | Molina medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $216.64 | $216.64 | $216.64 – $216.64 |
| 4 | Anthem medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $230.23 | $230.23 | $230.23 – $230.23 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,071 | $1,071 | $1,071 – $1,071 |
| 6 | Anthem medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,071 | $1,071 | $1,071 – $1,071 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $1,071 | $1,071 | $1,071 – $1,071 |
| 8 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,071 | $1,071 | $1,071 – $1,071 |
| 9 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,071 | $1,071 | $1,071 – $1,071 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,071 | $1,071 | $1,071 – $1,071 |
| 11 | Anthem medicare|burn fee schedule · outpatient | $1,178 | $1,178 | $1,178 – $1,178 |
| 12 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,456 | $1,456 | $1,456 – $1,456 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $4,913 | $4,913 | $4,913 – $4,913 |
| 14 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $5,732 | $5,732 | $5,732 – $5,732 |
| 15 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $5,732 | $5,732 | $5,732 – $5,732 |
| 16 | Anthem commercial|premertiered fee schedule · outpatient | $5,813 | $5,813 | $5,813 – $5,813 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $6,059 | $6,059 | $6,059 – $6,059 |
| 18 | Aetna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $6,387 | $6,387 | $6,387 – $6,387 |
| 19 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $6,469 | $6,469 | $6,469 – $6,469 |
| 20 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6,469 | $6,469 | $6,469 – $6,469 |
| 21 | Cigna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6,714 | $6,714 | $6,714 – $6,714 |
| 22 | Cigna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $6,714 | $6,714 | $6,714 – $6,714 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $7,369 | $7,369 | $7,369 – $7,369 |
| 24 | Anthem commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $7,488 | $7,488 | $7,488 – $7,488 |
| 25 | Anthem commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $8,707 | $8,707 | $8,707 – $8,707 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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